How I Met Your Mother
Summary
Ted Mosby fromHow I Met Your Motherhas always been a flawed protagonist and storyteller , buta lot of his worst trait are much more obtrusive in the lightness of the present sidereal day . It ’s been nearly 10 years sinceHow I Met Your Mother’sdivisive serial finaleaired in 2014 . Since then , fans have been hit with theharsh realism thatHow I Met Your Motherhasn’t necessarily elderly well . Each graphic symbol occur off poorly at one point or another , but because there ’s always the possibility that Ted misrepresented them in his storytelling , they get the benefit of the doubt .
However , Ted does not have this same defense since he ’s the one tell the story . Because Ted is the main character and the whole show is from his perspective , he has a mess more control over how he come across . Therefore , viewers get to roll in the hay him on a much deeper storey than anyone else in the show . This does not always foreshadow well for him , as there are a good deal of way Ted ’s character polish off differently today — and not in a good means .
How I Met Your Motheris presently available to stream on Hulu .
10Ted Mosby Is Too Possessive
He’s Weird About Robin Throughout HIMYM
There were a lot of things Ted did before and during his first relationship with Robin that were confutative and really showed his true colour . For one , he was so afraid of Robin hooking up with Sandy Rivers on their work encampment trip that he performed a rainfall dancing for hr , hop to rain out the tripper and get it cancel . It in reality works , butthe travail he make to keep Robin from going away for the weekend is weird and possessive , not romanticistic .
His reaction to finding out where Robin ’s dogs came from also made him come off as possessive . After Robin learns just how many of Ted ’s possessions were gifts from ex - girlfriends , she insists she never kept anything from her past relationships — except her dog . Ted thinks she ’s a hypocrite , but pets are not the same as inanimate object . Ted ca n’t get over his ex post facto jealousy of Robin ’s exes when he sees her dogsand set out imagining that the detent are her exes . Robin eventually gives them off of her own will , but she never would have done this if Ted had n’t overreacted about their origin in the first berth .
9He’s Obsessive To A Fault
Ted Is Too Fixated On Finding “The One”
The rain dance also shows how obsessional Ted gets throughoutHow I Met Your Mother , especially when it comes to relationships . The show kick off with him embarking on a seeking to obtain " The One , " an obsession that march on concerning . Ted ’s perpetual regression on finding The One often blocks him from making advancement with romantic prospect , as he gives up on people too quickly once he decides they ’re not The One . Ted receive in his own way of life because he ’s so obsessed with finding someone who ’s absolutely perfect for him . While he does finally find her , he might have done so sooner if it was n’t for his unrelenting obsessiveness .
8Ted Is Kind Of Delusional
He’s Always Looking For Signs From The Universe
It fail hand in hand with his obsessivity , but Ted is also slightly delusional throughoutHow I Met Your Mother . Fate and destiny are two core root of the show;they often inform Ted ’s takeaway from sure situation and give him the Bob Hope to keep go . However , Ted spends too much of the show looking for signs from the universeto confirm that he ’s on the right itinerary and everything will figure out out . He will search to come up meaning in the most meaningless thing , often hit for import in arbitrary , Clarence Shepard Day Jr. - to - twenty-four hour period life . Marshall often gets teased for his superstitions , but Ted is right up there with him .
7Ted Never Got Over Robin
The HIMYM Finale Proves It
How I Met Your Mother’scontroversial ending , which picture Ted and Robin winding up together against all odds , proves that Ted never amply got over Robin . This is one of those thing that entirely changes the way Ted ’s feelings toward Robin are viewed upon rewatching the show . ThroughoutHow I Met Your Mother ’s nine season , Ted ’s feelings for Robin come and go . There are even entire outings where it ’s absolved the show want viewers to conceive that Ted is completely over Robin . They even live together as supporter for a menstruation of time .
By the time Robin and Barney are about to get married , Ted fink his still - present feelings for Robin . However , once he finds his Tracy , he rent Robin go — or so it seems . The conclusion suggests otherwise , which is knotty for his human relationship with Tracy and friendship with Barney . Of course , this could be a defect in the show ’s storytelling plan . Because Ted is telling all nine seasons from the futurity , his later tactual sensation for Robin may fall through . It ’s possible he ’d truly gotten over her during the seasons it seemed that way . Still , knowing he ends up with Robin changes the mode Ted comes across upon a rewatch .
6Ted Becomes Overly Pretentious
It Gets Worse Over The Course Of HIMYM
At the showtime ofHow I Met Your female parent , Ted has a soft dose of pretentiousness . He often compensate people and has some offensively " graceful " interests and preferences . Flashbacks show that he ’s been this way since college , and it sustain risky when his college lady friend visits . However , Ted is nerdy more than anything else , but so are Marshall and Barney in their own unique way .
While Ted ’s largeness is establish from the beginning and noticeable on the first vigil , in retrospect , How I Met Your Motherstarts to exaggerate it near the terminal . Ted set out exhibit this ostentatious attitude more and more and becomes a cliquish caricature of himself . It ’s not uncommon for sitcoms to exploit their characters ' previously launch traits for comedic effect as the show break on , butHow I Met Your Motherplays up Ted ’s pretentiousness too much .
5HIMYM’s Lead Can Be Hypocritical
Ted Is Almost As Bad As Barney At Times
Ted often calls out Barney for his sexualization and objectification of women , and rightfully so . However , he often enables , encourages , or even participates in this kind of behavior with Barney . Ted like to think of himself as an upstanding man who treats women with obedience , but this is n’t always the case . While he may not be as bad as Barney , he ’s not exactly a saint . This makeshis holy - than - thousand position toward a great deal of Barney ’s behaviortotally hypocritical . That ’s not to bring up that , after Robin afford away her Canis familiaris , it is revealed that Ted never actually got disembarrass of any gifts from ex - girlfriends . Talk about a pretender .
4Ted’s Relationship with Carly Was Creepy
She Was Way Too Young For Him
InHIMYMseason 8 , episode 14 , " Ring Up ! , " Ted set out dating a 20 - year - old girl call Carly while he ’s in his mid-30s . Their old age crack is the butt of the joke throughout the sequence : Ted first brings up her eld when he ’s forced to explain why his escort ca n’t come into the bar to meet everyone — she ’s not of effectual drinking years yet — and Carly oft hyperbolise how much older Ted is . While the show does n’t precisely normalize Ted see someone nearly 15 years his junior , it ’s creepy-crawly that he dates her in the first place , especially once he finds out that she ’s Barney ’s half - sister .
3Ted’s Hang-Ups About Sex Workers Were Judgmental
He Couldn’t Get Over His Date’s Supposed Profession
InHIMYMseason 1 , episode 19 , " Mary the Paralegal , " Barney propose that Ted charter a sex prole to take as his date to an awards ceremony to make Robin jealous . Ted scoffs at this , exact sex work is " yucky , " so Barney sets Ted up on a engagement with a woman identify Mary , claiming she ’s a sexual activity worker he engage ( in reality , she ’s a paralegal ) . Ted begrudgingly run on the escort and ends up catch along with her , much to his surprise . It ’s exonerated that he like her , but he ’s torn because of what he thinks she does for a living .
While Ted is not obligated to date or sleep with anyone he does n’t want to , it ’s vindicated thatthe only hang - up he has about Mary is her supposed profession . He almost sleep with her while he still believe she ’s a sex prole , despite previously declare he would never do that . sexuality work was definitely more stigmatized back when the instalment aired , but about 20 years later , Ted ’s judgmental aspect come off a lot bad .
2Ted Overshares With His Kids
Penny & Luke Mosby Did Not Need To Know Everything
Throughout Ted ’s interminable tale of how he meet his kids ' mother , he shares a net ton of story that are right smart too inappropriate for a father to tell his teenaged children . In season 1 , Ted even let in that he ’s already told them " a lot of inappropriate tarradiddle , " and he has n’t even scratched the open of the full story yet . There are moments when he does leave out particular about his and his friends ' intimate encounters for his child ’s saki — or emphasizes how bad certain behaviors are — but this does not happen nearly enough return what he tells his kids .
For case , inHIMYMseason 5 , episode 14 , " The Perfect Week , " Ted tells his Thomas Kid about the time Barney set about to slumber with seven girls in seven nights . By the end , he sardonically quips , " Like I ’m altogether going to sit my kid down and talk to them about the time Barney breeze through seven chicks in a row . " The scene then cuts to a shot of his kids listening to the story , with older Ted questioning , " Am I a regretful pop ? " He may show self - consciousness about how much he overshares with his kids , but these reminders thateverything that happens on the show is being relay to his children are uncomfortable .
1He’s Funnier (& Easier To Tolerate) When He’s Not the Focus
Ted Makes A Better Supporting Character Despite HIMYM Being His Story
While some sitcoms do n’t have a protagonist , Ted is the unchallenged lead-in ofHow I Met Your Motherbecause the show is told from his perspective . However , there are episodes and even whole chunks of the show where Ted is not the primary focus . Even though it ’s his story , the show sometimes prioritise other fictitious character ' storylinesand chip in Ted a more lighthearted filler plot . It does n’t make sense in the grand schema of things , but with the episodic sitcom structure , these departures can be forgiven — especially since they ultimately benefit Ted .
All of Ted ’s flaws and idiosyncrasies are magnified when the main plot line focus on him . specially in the later time of year ofHow I Met Your Mother , Ted falls into the background a bite , and it make his character a pot comic and more likable . He becomes tolerable because the viewer escort him from a more detached perspective . He never stops being the protagonist ( nor does he ever stop being gently irritating ) , but these periods of the show make his character easy to digest .
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